Amended Amended and approved by the General Assembly, Livingstone, Zambia, 7 December 2005

PREAMBLEPursuant to the recommendations of the Inter-African Public Administration Seminar held in Botswana from the 3rd to the 9th of October, 1970; And recognizing the need for the development of competent administrators and managers for rapid economic and social development of the African continent; And in order to promote the study, practice and status of the profession of Public Administration and Management and the adoption of adequate administrative and management practices; And in recognizing the importance of co-operation among African States and institutions in the mobilization of resources for the achievement of these objectives; This representative meeting of the public administrators, managers, institutes of public administration and university schools of administration and management assembled in Freetown, Sierra Leone hereby formally resolve this 6th day of November, 1971 to form the African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM) and adopt this constitution.

1. NAMEThe Association shall be called “The African Association for Public Administration and Management” (AAPAM) hereafter referred to as “The Association”.

2. OBJECTIVES(i) To create and maintain the tradition of providing senior administrators and managers with an opportunity of exchanging ideas and experiences in public administration and management.(ii) To foster the professionalization of public administration and management in Africa and particularly to develop an increasing appreciation of the value and importance of public administration and management.(iii) To advance the study of the techniques and problems of public administration and management(iv) To undertake comparative studies and foster exchange of information in the field of public administration and management(v) To promote the adoption of more effective and harmonious administrative and management systems and practices(vi) To promote research in African administrative and management problems(vii) To foster affiliation and maintain liaison with international bodies and organizations interested in the progress of public administration and management.(viii) To promote and facilitate the establishment of National Chapters in member countries(ix) To participate in all major fora relevant to its core business(x) To document and disseminate information on innovative strategies for improving and accelerating good practice in strategic resource planning, development and deployment in public administration.